Judge's decision extends delaying Ohio executions

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS The Associated Press

Posted: August 12, 2014 at 4:05 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A freeze on capital punishment in Ohio will continue into 2015 after a federal judge extended a months-long moratorium on executions as questions mount about the effectiveness of a new, two-drug combination being used to carry out the death penalty.